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Show iety of surgical procedures in this liepanoe Cheer i. , t ! ; handmade articles art taken on consign-- i meat, and still others an donated by the Fink Ladiea themselves. Pink Ladies have also undertaken a project of providing furniahinga far the ; v 11w' JbniKwejr.bfatUng bed with ' a price tag of. 910,000 is formidable goal j that the orgainsatkn ia atfll working on. Pink Laqy proeidant Noraan Roberts " J says much more aervice cookl be l'-available if more vohmteara could be V,; recruited. With only 17 members, gift r :;? ahop hours eometimea moat bo limited. Ideally, one Pink Ladyahould be on the floor while one etaffo the gift shop. Many duba have the worthy goal of community improvement, but few organ' I liitinm have t wapHmiMlifiiin ! of the Pink Ladiea. Anyone inteneted in j i ; joining may call Noieen Roberts at 6 7. or Canna Robb at ? . 722-278- 853-435- . Moat - physicians on .staff perform an surgery and some procedures scheduled in O.R. every week day. Usually four surgical team members are in attendance during operations: the physician, nurse anesthetist, scrub nurse and circulating nurse. Some of the common procedures performed at the hospital are: tonsillectomies, appendectand omies, procedures. Extremely complex procedures are referred to Wasatch Front hospitals as some are high risk patients with a multitude of health problems. In recent years, same day surgery has become very popular with patients. The needed procedure is performed in the morning and the patient is taken to the recovery room and later, the same day surgery room. He can usually leave the hospital that same day saving additional hospital costs. (hie of the primary advantages of the new surgical section, says department head Jeanne Valentine, is that it is apart from the rest of the hospital. This separation allows the staff more efficiency and sterile atmosphere as well as expanded space. Besides department head Jeanne Valentine, members of the surgery staff are: Janet Womack, Jennie Benson, Stella Ames, Sylvia Bennet and Elaine gaatro-enterologic- al, 4 ij t OB Surgery : gyne-logic- al Section Facilitates Baby Boom The baby boom continues in the Duchesne County area and is facilitated in an OB section offering all aspects of modern maternity care. OB specialists, Dr. Keith Evans and Dr. Gary Wold, deliver from 30 to 45 babies each month with other staff physicians bringing the total to an average sixty deliveries per month. The obstetrics and gynecology section contains post partum patient rooms, labor rooms, staff rooms, delivery area and nursery. Precautions are taken to separate the rest of the hospital and visitors from the newly born infants. A soon to be completed birthing room will provide a mother a relaxed homelike atmosphere for the birth process at the same time allowing immediate access to the latest medical aaaiatamw and technology. Nurse Mabel Wall is OB section head with Teas Lemon overseeing labor and delivery, Judy Murray, nursery; and Val Roth, post-partu- Robots. Physical Therapy Physical Therapy treats and rehabilitates a variety of conditions ranging from burn treatment to post surgical knee injuries. Expanded facilities house whirlpool tanks, exercise and weight equipment treatment rooms, and computerized pulmonary function equipment. Patients are admitted to physical therapy regimens on physician ref orals. Some conditions aided by treatment are stress tension headaches, stroke paralysis, head traumas, and bums, as well as joint and muscle rehabilitation. . Moat patients require ongoing treatments for several months to see marked nprovement Respiratory therapy is important to revent post surgical collapse of the lung Iveolar sacs. Respiratory therapy also ids in asthma, infant croup and 11 nuphysema. Mark Nilsson is the certified physical lerapist at the hospital. LaRee Miller nd Carol Winn assist him, performing jspiratory treatments. Condie strengthens muscles in the Physical Therapy Department under the direction of therapist Mark Nilsson. Dr. Condie was a physican on staff until a 1982 automobile accident restricted his activities. While recovering, he has spent considerable time with hospital planners and builders. Dr. Phillip |